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Firm Announces Attorney Promoted to Partnership in Madison Foley & Lardner LLP announced that Brian W. Bauman has been elected to partnership in the Madison office. Mr. Bauman is a member of the Transactional & Securities, Private Equity & Venture Capital, and Commercial Transactions & Business Counseling Practices. He is admitted to practice in the state of Wisconsin. Foley & Lardner...

System will handle up to ¥10 billion in products annually CHINA – RedPrairie Corporation, a productivity software provider, announced today that Harbin Pharmaceuticals has selected RedPrairie’s Warehouse Management solution to support its 30,000 square meter distribution center in Harbin City, Hulan District, China.The warehouse handles up to ¥10 billion in products annually, and supports over 1,300 outlets and 1,000...

Contact: Rebecca Reed, Marketing Manager MGS Mfg. Group, Inc. rebecca.reed@mgstech.com W188 N11707 Maple Rd. Germantown, WI 53022 (262)255-5790 phone Germantown, Wisconsin— TecStar Mfg. Company, a business unit of the MGS Mfg. Group, was awarded the 2009 Mechanical Supplier of the Year award by Rockwell Automation. TecStar received the prominent award based on multiple factors, including the ability to offer a comprehensive list of services such as...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle announced today that the Village of Gays Mills, Crawford County, will receive a $640,000 grant from Community Development Block Grant-Emergency Assistance Program (CDBG-EAP) from the Department of Commerce...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point spring colloquium series on renewable wood resources for energy continues with a lecture about the university’s biomass boiler project on Wednesday, March 17. The discussion will be led by Bob Oehler, director of facility services, and Carl Rasmussen, director of facilities planning and space management, along with Al...

Contact: Bill Rubin/Jacki Bradham St. Croix EDC 715-381-4383 St. Croix Economic Development Corporation (EDC) has three (3) board vacancies to fill as part of its annual meeting on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Directors serve 3-year terms and participation is encouraged from community leaders representing business, industry, and the public sector. Prospective board candidates are asked to conduct the EDC offices at (715) 381-4383 and...

Contact: Ron Raines, (608) 262-8588, rtraines@wisc.edu MADISON - A University of Wiscosnin-Madison research team has developed a promising new chemical method to liberate the sugar molecules trapped inside inedible plant biomass, a key step in the creation of cellulosic biofuels. The approach, which is described in the March 9 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, can...

Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today awarded $1.7 million in competitive grants to improve energy efficiency at six of the state’s leading manufacturers. The state’s Focus on Energy industrial grant program will provide grants to complete energy efficiency projects at BPM Incorporated, Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, Mercury Marine, Procter...

Leadership Dialogue with WI Attorney General JB Van HollenThursday, March 11  •  4:30 - 6:00 PMMMAC Offices, 756 N. Milwaukee St.Learn more/register, click here >> As Attorney General, JB Van Hollen holds one of the state's most powerful offices. His Department of Justice oversees general public safety, determines law enforcement priorities, and issues legal opinions to government entities like the Legislature,...

Media Contact: Sada Kempf, Marketing Senior Associate (920) 232-2230 Sada.Kempf@cliftoncpa.com AICPA/FAF/NASBA “Blue Ribbon Panel” to Address Standards for Private Companies MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Clifton Gunderson, ranked as one of the nation’s largest certified public accounting and consulting firms, today announced CEO Krista McMasters has been named as a panel member of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF),...

Contact: Katie Nekola, Energy Program Director, 608-251-7020 x14 (office) Too Many Coal Plants Cause Unhealthy Particle Pollution MADISON -- It's not something to be proud of: Wisconsin has the most unsafe air in the country today. For the fourth day in a row, the Department of Natural Resources issued an air advisory for Wisconsin; today's advisory includes 54 of Wisconsin's 72 counties...

Contact: Mike Ruzicka 414.870.1876 March 10, 2010 – Sales in the 4-county Metropolitan Milwaukee area broke an 8-month streak of increases in February, dropping off 1.5% compared to the same time last year, according to housing statistics released by Metro MLS, Inc. today. Individual counties saw mixed reviews. Milwaukee County came in with a decrease in sales of 2.4% for...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Major businesses will continue to reduce energy consumption to save money, regardless of what Congress or the Wisconsin Legislature do, the head of the Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group said Monday. But the chair of the state's utility regulator said although many companies are becoming more energy efficient, others are not doing what they could and may...